Ethiopia’s 1977 expulsion of U.S. personnel triggered a superpower realignment in the Horn.

Evidence

In April Mengistu’s regime retorted by closing U.S. installations (including the Kagnew communications station in Asmara – no doubt less significant to U.S. strategy since the acquisition of Diego Garcia), expelling U.S. personnel, and angrily denouncing the hypocrisy of human rights criticisms, which it was claimed had never been voiced against the Emperor. This move signalled the commencement of a seismic shift in superpower alignments in the Horn of Africa with wide-ranging consequences, the full repercussions of which were difficult to foresee, far less measure. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 563

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic; Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict; By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 578 (+2 more)

Related

• The 1977 superpower realignment in the Horn was seismic (similarity 0.96)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden (similarity 0.89)
• By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps (similarity 0.87)
• Superpower alignments in the Horn shifted entirely with the Ogaden conflict (similarity 0.86)
• Ethiopia’s Soviet-Cuban campaign shifted from the Ogaden to a harder Eritrean front (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• By 1978 Somalia had lost superpower patronage while Ethiopia switched camps #expands (0.80) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 578
• Superpower alignments in the Horn flipped twice over the Ogaden #corroborates (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 574
• Ethiopia’s Soviet-Cuban campaign shifted from the Ogaden to a harder Eritrean front #complicates (0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 575